Occupational Therapist Level 3
Position Classification: Occupational Therapist Level 3
Remuneration: $56.69 - $58.52 per hour plus superannuation
Hours Per Week: 19
Requisition ID: REQ547856
Occupational Therapist Level 3 - Sydney Hospital / Sydney Eye Hospital
Do you have a passion for working in Acute care? Be part of an LHD that promotes and shares opportunities for clinical excellence and learning.
Where you'll be working
The Occupational Therapy department at Sydney / Sydney Eye and Prince of Wales Hospitals employs up to 40 therapists across acute, rehabilitation and outpatient caseloads. This position will be based at Sydney Hospital primarily in the General Medical ward.
The Occupational Therapy department supports clinicians to provide best practice, person centred care through:
- Driving innovation and learning
- Prioritising self-care and wellbeing
- Clear communication & feedback
- Valuing teamwork & collaboration
This position will be based on the General Medicine ward, providing care to patients with aged and chronic health conditions. You will be provided with clinical supervision and support to ensure your professional development needs are appropriately. You will be expected to work autonomously and may provide support to other Occupational Therapists working across POWH.
See what Sydney / Sydney Eye Hospital has to offer!
About Allied Health in South Eastern Sydney Local Health District :
The vision for South Eastern Sydney Local Health District (SESLHD) is ‘Exceptional Care, Healthier Lives’. We strive for a workplace culture with a foundation that promotes person centred care approaches and staff wellbeing. We connect our Allied Health staff with opportunities for learning, development and clinical supervision, and have established partnerships with universities that promote cutting edge research in wellbeing, education and teaching.
Some programs and learning opportunities for Senior SESLHD Allied Health staff include:
Some of the other benefits of working with us include:
- Close to Public Transport with a short walk to Lightrail services, Martin Place station and Wynyard station.
- Inner city location with direct access to eastern suburbs parks, restaurants and transport links that are right at the front door.
- Salary packaging options that reduce your taxable income and increase your take-home pay!
- Up to $9K for living expenses and $2.6K meal & entertainment & Novated Leasing.
- Discounted gym memberships with a Fitness Passport. - permanent employees and their immediate family members can sign-up to this external service provider which offers access to an extensive range of gyms, pools and fitness services from multiple providers across NSW.
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for employees and family members - a professional counselling and coaching service that offers confidential, short-term support for work-related and personal issues, which you and your immediate family can access.
- Discounted Private Health Insurance.
- Staff Wellbeing ambassadors across the district managing wellbeing initiatives for staff
- Paid Maternity and Parental Leave
- Study Leave
- Support for breastfeeding employees
- Disability Employment
- Child Care (some sites)
For more information on careers and benefits of working for SESLHD, visit our page
- Qualifications in accordance with Schedule C of the NSW Health Service Health Professionals (State) Award and Current Registration with AHPRA.
- Extensive post graduate clinical experience in acute hospital.
- Excellent negotiation, decision making and advocacy skills including the ability to interact constructively and collaboratively with a diverse range of stakeholders, throughout all organisational levels.
- Ability to provide in-depth advice and education to enhance service delivery and to guide and support others in providing service excellence, with the capacity to provide clinical supervision to other staff.
- Ability to work as part of a multi-disciplinary team and to apply advanced reasoning skills and independent professional judgement when dealing with situations of a novel, complex or critical nature.
- Ability to initiate, lead, complete and share quality improvement initiatives and service evaluation processes and lead ongoing quality improvement activities with other staff.
- Demonstrated commitment to ongoing clinical and professional learning.
- Current Class C Drivers Licence
Need more information?
1) Click here for the Position Description and SESLHD Expected Standards
2) Find out more about applying for this position
For role related queries or questions contact Danielle Collins on Danielle.Collins@health.nsw.gov.au
Our CORE Values are Collaboration, Openness, Respect and Empowerment and have been created by employees for employees and help define how we work and to inspire positive interactions in the workplace.
SESLHD values a diverse workforce. Read about our Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging strategy here.
Reasonable Adjustments
NSW Health recognises everyone is unique, and that you may require some adjustments to ensure you have the best opportunity to apply. If we can make some adjustments to the NSW Health recruitment/interview process, then please email SESLHD-Recruitment-POWH-SSEH@health.nsw.gov.au and let us know.
Adjustments may include but are not limited to, physical requirements, interview setups and specific interview availability times where required.
Information for applicants:
- An eligibility list may be created for future vacancies.
- Employment of a temporary visa holder may only occur if no suitable permanent resident or citizen of Australia has been identified for this position following suitable labour market testing.
- Applicants will be assessed against the essential requirements and selection criteria contained within the position description.
- Recommended applicants will be reviewed for compliance with NSW Health policy directive Occupational Assessment, Screening and Vaccination against Specific Diseases for all positions prior to offer.
- SESLHD is committed to creating a workplace that reflects the diversity of our community. This will help ensure our employees, our patients and their carers, feel supported. We invite candidates of all ages, genders, sexual orientation, cultural backgrounds, people with disability, neurodiverse individuals, and Indigenous Australians to apply. We do have an Aboriginal Employment Consultant that can also provide support (SESLHD-AboriginalWorkforce@health.nsw.gov.au) and for additional information please visit our Stepping Up Website
